Freddy or loiselle?

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Need some expert opinions im starting to see traits of both fish. This fish i got from wetspot. What do you think?

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Where did you get this fish? Often LFS get them confused like Mayans and festae. Here are some pics of a male loisellei I had. You have loisellei IMO.

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I got him from wetspot in oregon, i ordered a group of freds, and up until today i believed he was a freddy.
 
Looks more like loisellei to me, but like you said I am seeing some traits of both fish, so hard to say for sure. grey "worming" on forehead usually is a giveaway of loisellei, your fish has some of this, but not that pronounced.
Here is a young loisellei from rapps I used to have ,to compare.
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I live near them(the Wet Spot), and go there quite often. They normally keep two or three species per tank. If they looked alike when smaller could have been an accidental grab of the wrong fish. For me this is the first error on thier part that I have heard about.
 
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